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Tuesday, Dec 16, 2025 14:20 | 12 mins ago | By: EarthquakeMonitor
Worldwide earthquakes above magnitude 3 during the past 24 hours on 16 Dec 2025
Summary: 8 quakes 5.0+, 42 quakes 4.0+, 186 quakes 3.0+, 429 quakes 2.0+ (665 total)
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Magnitude 5+: 8 earthquakes
Magnitude 4+: 42 earthquakes
Magnitude 3+: 186 earthquakes
Magnitude 2+: 429 earthquakes
No quakes of magnitude 6 or higherTotal seismic energy estimate: 7.4 x 1013 joules (20.7 gigawatt hours, equivalent to 17780 tons of TNT or 1.1 atomic bombs!) | equivalent to ONE quake of magnitude 6.0 learn more10 largest earthquakes in the world (past 24 hours)#1: Mag 5.7 North Pacific Ocean, 73 km south of San Jose, Northern Mariana IslandsTuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 09:06 am (GMT +10) – #2: Mag 5.6 North Pacific Ocean, 230 km southeast of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy, Kamchatka, RussiaTuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 06:33 am (GMT +11) – #3: Mag 5.3 Ionian Sea, 59 km southwest of Zakynthos Island, GreeceTuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 12:41 am (GMT +1) – #4: Mag 5.3 Coral Sea, 242 km southeast of Uki Ni Massi Island, Solomon IslandsTuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 08:18 pm (GMT +11) – #5: Mag 5.1 North Pacific Ocean, 135 km east of Hachinohe, Aomori, JapanTuesday, Dec 16, 2025, at 03:38 pm (GMT +10) – #6: Mag 5.1 St. Helena: Southern Mid-Atlantic
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